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hammered governor romney on his shape shifting. >> a few nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plan. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? what was being presented wasn't leadership. that's salesmanship. >> when the storm clouds clear, which romney will voters remember? the bone dry severe conservative or the misty massachusetts moderate? the paradox of the mittens, a multi volume extravaganza continues. john heilemann, what do we make, what do you specifically make, of this politico inside dope that says ann and tagg romney have been instrumental in this recalibrated mitt romney? >> i never want to take exception that anybody mike allen and jim vandehei write but maybe there's a straining to find a more biz zanty explanation than is necessarily the case. to question that ann romney was unhawpe with what was happening to her husband as any reasonable wife would be, given the way he was being portrayed and allowing people to portray himself. there's, you know, losing campaign, whi
hammered governor romney on his shape shifting. >> a few nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plan. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? what was being presented wasn't leadership. that's salesmanship. >> when the storm clouds clear, which romney will voters remember? the bone dry severe conservative or the misty massachusetts moderate? the paradox of the mittens, a multi...
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romney wasn't the only one who fell short last night. john cornyn, the man in charge of gop efforts to take over the senate, did soul searching after democrats appeared to be on the verge of gaining seats, a 180-degree turnaround from what many expected. cornyn wrote, quote -- >> snortles around. joining the panel is jody kantor of the "new york times." welcome. >> thank you. >> a lot of assessment and dissection last night about what happened. i guess following all that sound and quotes, wrb does wrshs where does the gop go? fred barns writes no doubt the media must insist the republicans must change, embrace social liberalism, all that is hogwash which is why republicans are likely to reject it. their ideology is not a problem. >> my colleague carl set up a great contrast in this morning "times" and said the republicans have two camps. they have the mathematicians, people who are looking at the kind of demographic numbers you were talking about saying the party has no choice. then on the other hand, there are the priests, there are the
romney wasn't the only one who fell short last night. john cornyn, the man in charge of gop efforts to take over the senate, did soul searching after democrats appeared to be on the verge of gaining seats, a 180-degree turnaround from what many expected. cornyn wrote, quote -- >> snortles around. joining the panel is jody kantor of the "new york times." welcome. >> thank you. >> a lot of assessment and dissection last night about what happened. i guess following all...
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you have romney, say what you will, it was not good for him to lose the three contests last night. >> it not the party's role to m manage it like that. >> but just in terms -- sorry. >> i think we are looking at a different playing field, there's a party war going inside the party. they are not in the position to dictate like they did in 2008. the world romney has changed and you now have a raising up in the party against what perceived as the party establishment. and that is playing out. >> i would like to say though, we have a habit in the press as acting like this is the first time this has happened. this is not the first establishment nominee that has had problems with the party, and michael steele is the personal responsible for the primary calendar existing the way it is. what you do have that is unusual this time is usually after the -- in recent memory after the first few contests people start to drop out. you see people getting out. that is not happening right now. >> well, the field narrowed. >> super tuesday had already happened at this type this year. it not helping that i
you have romney, say what you will, it was not good for him to lose the three contests last night. >> it not the party's role to m manage it like that. >> but just in terms -- sorry. >> i think we are looking at a different playing field, there's a party war going inside the party. they are not in the position to dictate like they did in 2008. the world romney has changed and you now have a raising up in the party against what perceived as the party establishment. and that is...
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governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and address the quote dishonesties pedalled last week. offering advice for number two the president said -- >> tomorrow night? >> well, i -- you know, i think joe needs to be joe. >> for what it's worth, the president is probably hoping that joe isn't the same joe who occasionally suffers from bouts of acute honesty on a variety of topics like gay marriage. >> he got out a little bit over his skis, but out of generosity, spirit. >> joining us now from chicago, national press secretary for the obama campaign, ben "the thunder" labolt. >> new nickname every time. thanks for having me. >> thunder bolt or thund
governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and...
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coming up, mitt romney is speaking right now at the latino aenl coalition summit. we'll bring you some of his remarks next on "now." the wheat in every mini-wheat has gotta be just right. perfect golden color. rich in fiber. my dad taught me, and i taught my son out there. morning, pa. wait... who's driving the...? ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm, 99 bushels of wheat ♪ [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 filling layers of whole grain fiber in those fun little biscuits... so they stick with you, all morning long. kellogg's® mini-wheats cereal. [ mini ] yee haw! a big breakfast in a little biscuit. kellogg's® mini-wheats cereal. (female announcer) most life insurance companies look at you and just see a policy. at aviva, we do things differently. we're bringing humanity back to life insurance. that's why only aviva rewards you with savings for getting a check-up. it's our wellness for life program, with online access to mayo clinic. see the difference at avivausa.com. easy label, right? but that label can lead to prejudice and discrimination, and we don't want
coming up, mitt romney is speaking right now at the latino aenl coalition summit. we'll bring you some of his remarks next on "now." the wheat in every mini-wheat has gotta be just right. perfect golden color. rich in fiber. my dad taught me, and i taught my son out there. morning, pa. wait... who's driving the...? ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm, 99 bushels of wheat ♪ [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 filling layers of whole grain fiber in those fun little biscuits... so they...
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we'll leave the zingers to the saturday night li"saturday nig t re-enactment and mitt romney. >> i have not said zinger and now i have. is that going to be enough for the american public? >> no. it's not actually. you know, all due respect to what's going on in chicago but the fundamental problem for the president is not just about the economy, it's the political system as it currently stands. and he has lots of specific plans, he had a jobs bill lined up, he's had these plans for some time. the question is, can anyone execute on anything within this environment? if the projections hold true and i'm sure ben in chicago and the president won't want to accept the projections but if they hold true, we'll end up with a congress that looks pretty much just as it does today, same president, dealing with the same dysfunctional congress, house controlled by the republicans and nothing will get done and in that environment, voters not uj reasonably will say well how does this get better? >> i think that politico yesterday, ben, outlined questions or statements that might haunt the president in t
we'll leave the zingers to the saturday night li"saturday nig t re-enactment and mitt romney. >> i have not said zinger and now i have. is that going to be enough for the american public? >> no. it's not actually. you know, all due respect to what's going on in chicago but the fundamental problem for the president is not just about the economy, it's the political system as it currently stands. and he has lots of specific plans, he had a jobs bill lined up, he's had these plans...
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alive for romney. there are still very clear demographic and cultural barriers he faces. we're going to louisiana this saturday. he may lose louisiana. then what are we talking about then? last night sort of blew up the most plausible rick santorum scenario that existed that was coming out of alabama and mississippi. gingrich didn't drop out but he was margin naturalized in the last week, got the one-on-one shot with romney he wanted. he didn't grow his base at all. >> mark, talk about the jeb bush endorseme endorsement. do you think this was something the romney campaign lined up and waiting till he had a knockout punch to have bush deliver it. >> i don't believe so based on what i've been told. it's an endorse the they very much wanted. jeb bush has a lot of skepticism about mitt romney as a potential president. bush 41s endorsed. bush 43 has not. this was where jeb bush was going to end up eventually. i think he held off till mitt romney proved himself and became the inevitable nominee. you'll see o
alive for romney. there are still very clear demographic and cultural barriers he faces. we're going to louisiana this saturday. he may lose louisiana. then what are we talking about then? last night sort of blew up the most plausible rick santorum scenario that existed that was coming out of alabama and mississippi. gingrich didn't drop out but he was margin naturalized in the last week, got the one-on-one shot with romney he wanted. he didn't grow his base at all. >> mark, talk about...